Colfax High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Colfax, WA)

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l .A C ETB I , Milf 'Il' III' ill' Ill' 'HB I The Class Reunion ml Qll' 'll' . 'll' ill' 'ill ill? Tide court 'has not yet pronounced the writer to be in full possession of all lsixj senses, therefore, he must hold himself absolutely irresponsible for any misstated facts which by some hook or crook might find their way into the following passages. A last Senior Class meeting was called to crder by President Millgard. on one of those glorious days in the latter part of May, in the year nine- teen hundred and twenty six. The motion was made by Miss Helen Z. Glaser and seconded by the unrecognized class philosopher, H. P. Baker. that the class of '26 hold a Class Reunion in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-one. The vote was unanimous in favor of the reunion. It was also decided that the reunion should be held in the form of a festival at Gerber's Grove. By the way, we were sadly disappointed on that occasion. It was dif- ficult for the smartest of us to find the Grove, and to our surprise we found it to be grown up with skyscrapers made of marble and such materials as only The Bread Basket of the World would permit within its bounds. At any rate we withdrew from the crowded city of Colfax to a pleasant site some ten miles distant, and there held the most famous festival the- world has ever known. The day was one of merry-making' and it gave a number of the class of '26 great joy in seeing their grandchildren waddling around on the greens grass and expressing their teresting events to me was menting with their new air fortunate, such as bachelors this occasion, but from my unquestionable happiness. One of the most in- watching some of Mr. Wagner's boy's experi- plane. It was thought that some of the less and old maids, would not enjoy themselves on vantage point I could see that everyone was. having a good time. Mr. Walters and S. K. Randall were among the less fortunate lwho knowst?l, and there was extremely noticeable competition shown over Miss Shinkoskey when the partners for games were being chosen. Messrs. Sanders and Crumbaker resorted to their old game of' debating and cluttering up the grounds with shavings. Uncle Clyde was constantly reminded by Aunt Doris that her ankle was still somewhat weak from doing the Charleston, and that it was necessary for her crutches. to be near at hand. Speed Cop Newton felt it his duty to keep a keen eye on the clouds, but I noticed that his attention was frequently arrested by his wife, formerly Miss Gass, who was flirting with some old classmates, such as Upshaw and Schirman. Captain Lothspeich spent most of the day relating his experiences in football tactics while in Colfax High School.. You probably haven't heard that Mr. Weskil and his wife, formerly Bessie Swift, are t.he leading stage performers at the Rose , Miss Teade was stage manager for an outdoor entertainment given by them. Mr. Scl1iblin's attendance was made possible on account of a vacation being granted by re-- quest of his wife Elizabeth K. Schiblin, after serving for six years as Minister to Spain. Coxfeyl had discharged his army ten days previously but his better half, Helen, wouldn't be totally satisfied unless they attended the festival. Mary C. Stenzel has been president of the W, C. T. U. for several years but from her husband's actions at the festival she evidently hasn't expounded on him to a sufficient extent. As usual President Mill gard was wholly unprepared to give a speech, but fortunately his wife, Thelma R. Millgard, reminded him of his Commemoration Ode, Why My Alibis Worked in C. H. S.. George F. Cornelius, president of Cornelius and Firm, who had for some years past lost all account of time, did not know that ways for transportation had advanced and spent practically all day in explaining to Miss Stadel why the 1926 Buick was unexcelled in Page Twenty- eight

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, ., . ,u.,., I-.fl ,..,.upu J'!'la-:Z v1nJ'1?'la-leaF!'L-.- THE BLIJE 1926 AND G OLD on 10. Louis Schiblin leaves to his brother his fascinating manner of handling the opposite sex. 11. Ralph McCabe leaves two or three of his curly locks to Bob Shinkoskey, believing the addition will improve the looks of Bob's personal appearance. 12. Samuel Randall wills his six feet two to Bill Carter, providing Bill doesn't try to cheat by the use of stilts. 13. Iris Shinkoskey, a well known author, leaves her latest book, How I Got Through Without Working, to George Maloney. 14. Lawrence Lothspeich leaves a good line for some poor fish to get caught on. 15. Clyde Wilsey leaves as much as he received-nothing. 16. George Cornelius leaves his wonderful argumentative powers to Lavonne Jones. l 17. Wesley Brownell leaves his art of dancing to anyone capable of handling it. 18. Elizabeth Garret leaves to Lola Freeman her modesty. 19. LaVance Weskil bequeaths his artistic ability to Arthur Rossmeissl. 20. Chester Wigen bequeaths his abundant hair to Jean Huffman. 21. Bernice Gass wills her extreme reticence to Aurelius Richardson. 23. Earl Cox wills his oratorical ability to Faires Prater. 24. Ted Millgard wills his Charleston ability to Ellery Johnson. 25. Alexander Schirman bestows upon Dwight Bryson his abundant strength. 26. Dean Hanna is willed a comedian's talent by Wesley Brownell. 27. Bud Newton leaves to William Carter his latest book on How to Make Love. 28. Harry Crumbaker leaves his keen sense of reliability to Philip Koch. 29. Mary Cochran leaves lots of good sense to Joyce Bell. 30. Helen and Anna leave their interests in Earls and llflniyhts to Marian Grady and Elsie Dailey. 31. Hey! Coach, when you enter Barnum's circus, Earl Davison has a supply of sweaters he would like to loan you. 32. Harold Sanders will dedicate his next book Two Years of Tor- ture in Foreign Languages Under D. B. H. S. , to Harvey Heidenreich. 33. To Miller Stipe, Fred Stenzel leaves his One Hoss Shay. 34. Nina Wyatt leaves five full hours of sleep each night of the next year to Donald Hunt. 35. Doris Miller leaves her dancing ability to Dean Hanna. 36. Orus Upshaw leaves with no regret whatsoever. 37. Elizabeth Kromm leaves the kind of language which becomes fluent in times of peril. to Lowell Ellis. 38. Gladys Kammerzell leaves both her short-hand and short stature to Lasure Dailev. 39. Thelma Frazier leaves her seat A-11 to Ed Halpin provided Ed gets there on time. 40. John Walters leaves a record breaking end-run to Hank Shinkoskey. 41. Howard Baker wills a first class dictionary together with more or less business ability to Kline Swygard. 42. Martha Teade, Lola Altergott and Rebecca Biedel rejoice in the fact the the days of happiness and contentment have come at last. 43. Madeline Sawhill wishes Mildred Ryan's pilgrimage of the next few years to be one of success. F 44. Florence Krueger bequeaths her grammatical construction to Carl Gustin. 45. Thelma Richardson wills her red-headed brother to Mildred Thomp- son. 46. Elizabeth Walters, leaves her basketball giggle to Evelyn Anderson. 47. Harry Repp bequeaths his pleasant nature to Faires Prater. 48. Loren Schuster leaves his good will with the teacher to Velda Dav. I 49. Ethel Stadel leaves her missing conduct points to Dorothy Bridg- iam. 50. Ethyle McNeilly leaves her boisterous conduct with Madeline Layton. 51. Albert Mitchell leaves his track ability to Marcus Copley. ' Page Twenty 'SSVBH

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'EFI-IE MIB-ILLJEZU D AND.. cso1..D modern equipment. The only account of McCabe up to this time had been given in the comic section of the Commoner , but upon being ques- tioned he told us that his major business was in the employ of the Colfax Secret Service Poster Co., managed and operated solely and with no as- sistance whatever by Mr. Brownell. Wyatt that time you couldn't see for Gass fnon-detonatingj, and one of Mr. Held's little boys sail that last night he dreamed he Saw Hills 1n everything, an da little dog whose tail wou1dn't Wag Ner nothin'. fl-Ie must have inherited his imaginative qualities from his mother, Gladys K. Held.J I might say now that before the festival broke up you could hear the Cox crowing for the Crumbaker to get a move on . Ann'a nother thing you don't know is how Henry's Repp was ruined by Count Davison who wore a Wig, Un kept one arm somewhere around his Garrett. The different tricks constituted a large part of the dav's events. I saw a most remarkable feat performed that day. It was done bv a lad named Newt On a Swift trio of fleet-footed animals. He rode all three quidrupeds at once and I know there wasn't a person present who could explain how he did it. I regret to say that some of the old class members proved disloyal and didn't attend the festival. Of course some had good reasons Ior not being present but there were others who caused one's suspicions to become oused Ii. w:-s reported that Mitchell was too busy with track work. iGuess he's a section hand.i A brand new Rolls Royce hed gotten Schuster into some kind of trouble with the speed cops, so of course be couldn't at- tend. Miss Biedel and Miss McNeilly unfortunately became nurses several years ago and were sent to Kalamazoo to learn the trade fit is taking them :1 long time in getting the hang of it J. She isn't Miss Frazier any more but her home'is in Jericho and it would be asking too much to have her leave all her interests for a festival in Whitman County. Miss Ripley, Miss Thompson and Miss Walters had for some years before this become interested in missionary work in the South Sea Islands. No one knew ex- actly why they didn't come back, but our logical conclusion was that some of the natives had proven themselves to be irresistible. Many a tear was shed over the unhappy thought, but what else might we expect? Pardon me. dear readers for letting the machine drift so far from the regular course, but with these modern machines my chauffeur has only stars for sign boards and when we took astrology lnot instructed by D. T. J. Ballj there were other things to do more necessary than star-gazing. SENIOR FAREWELL ODE Dedicated to the Future Graduates of the Colfax High School. We, the Senior Class of 1926 heartily desire that every student in- tending to graduate from the Colfax High School, retain in mind this poem, written by Josiah Gilbert Holland. God give us men. A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and willing hands- Men whom the lust of office does not killg Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy, Men whom possess opinions and a willg Men who have honor: men who will not lie' Men who can stand before a demagogue .fi nd damn his treacheous flatteries without winkingg Tall men sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking. ! SENIOR HONOR ROLL B0l'lll1'1' llnss .,,,.,.,..,,.,.,.,.,,,,,,.,,,.,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,.,,,, ---,.- 9 4.33 Iris Shinkoslccy ,,,,,,..,.,,,. Q3-48 Marv lflla-mini' rlll10lllllS0ll .... ,.,, S l1,12 Madeline Sawhill .............. ,,,,,,,., 5 10.00 Page Twenty nine